
Dentsply Sirona Launches New Outcome Simulation Tool; Competes with Similar Offerings from Market Leader Align Technology
Dentsply Sirona has introduced the SureSmile™ Simulator, an application within DS Core™ that is set to improve patient conversations in the field of orthodontics. The software tool empowers dental professionals to showcase outcomes before treatment.
The SureSmile™ Simulator is a new 3D-visualization tool that leverages artificial intelligence to provide a preview of a patient’s potential smile. This simulation includes automated modeling and tooth segmentation, offering treatment estimation and case complexity levels within just five minutes. Powered by DS Core™, the software ensures secure storage and sharing of the simulation with patients, allowing them to involve family and friends in their treatment decisions, potentially increasing acceptance rates. Dental professionals can use the technology by simply uploading an intraoral scan from the Primescan intraoral scanner to create a high-quality 3D visualization of the patient’s smile following SureSmile® Aligner treatment.
Vishal Sharma, DMD from Calgary, Canada, attests to the power of this technology: “The SureSmile™ Simulator has been a powerful addition to my clear aligner consult workflow. Being able to show my patients a high-quality simulation, in real time, has been positively impactful in visually reinforcing the benefits of clear aligner therapy. It is fast, it’s accurate, and it is consistent with the high-quality imagery we are accustomed to from Dentsply Sirona software. I anticipate that every SureSmile user will find this DS Core™ feature as valuable a tool as I have.”
In May of 2022 Align Technology, the market leader in invisible orthodontics, launched its Invisalign Outcome Simulator Pro, allowing doctors to showcase to patients their potential new smile post-Invisalign treatment and offering in-face visualization and 3D dentition view—all accomplished during the patient’s visit. The Invisalign Outcome Simulator Pro uses iTero Element Plus Series scanners and imaging systems. It builds upon Align’s existing Invisalign Outcome Simulator and incorporates the ClinCheck “In-Face” Visualization tool, which combines a patient’s facial photo with a 3D treatment simulation, offering a highly personalized preview of their potential new smile.